Ticket-roll clip



Feb. 17, 1925. @52H55 i J. M. MONTGOMERY v TICKET ROLL CLIP Filed Feb. 21, 1922 El, nu@ nto@ n Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

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tenias JAMES M. MONTGOMERY, OF WINFIELD, KANSAS, ASSXGNO'R T0 THE ARGUS TICKET C0., OIE' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPQRATION 0F ILLINOIS.

TICKET-ROLL CLP.

Application filed February 21, 1922. Serial No. 538,176.

To all Lc/wm t may concern.'

Bc it known that 1, JAMES M.. MoN'rGoarnur, citizen of the United States, residing` at llVinield, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Roll Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clip designed to hold the loose ends of ticket strip rolls such as used at amusement parks, carnival., theatres, etc.

' An object of the invention is to provide means for keeping the roll intact and preventing the end ticket from unrolling or becoming torn off and lost when the roll is carried from place to place.

An additional object is to provide a clip of the character specified which is compact and adjustable and which can be readily applied to or detached from the tickets of an ordinary ticket strip, being adjustable for the different width ticket strips.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clip that is simple in construe tion, strong, and durable and which can be manufactured at a low Cost.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following description.

1n the drawings:

Figure 1 illustrates a section of the ticket roll with the clip applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section taken on line 8-3 of Figure 2.

Figure t is a. plan view of one part of the clip, and,

Figure 5 is a plan view of the other part of the clip.

Practically all tickets sold at amusement parks, Carnivals, theatres, et cetera, are put up in rolled strip form and numbered consecutively, the cashier or ticket seller tearing them ctt the strip as sold. At the close of the performance the remaining tickets, in roll form, are deposited in the oliice for safe keeping, as each one represents the admission price charged to each person enten ing and the amount of business done is determined by referring to the consecutive numbers appearing on the tickets. lVhen used for amusement parks and carnivals, the rolls are often carried quite a distance to the wagon and the ticket strip unrolls and tickets are frequently torn off and lost, there being nothing to keep the loose ends in place. This clip is designed and adapted to be applied to the roll to prevent the tickets at the free end of the ticket strip being torn or detached and lost, as illustrated in the drawings. A section of the usual ticket roll is indicated at 10 and the loose end of the strip at 11.

The clip is made of thin sheet me tal, such as tin, steel, or brass and comprises two plates 12 and 16 (Figures fl. and rFhe plate 12 has marginal end portions .I3 and 14, adapted to be folded on the dotted lines so as to provide guide ways on the under face of the side margins of the plate for the plate 167 for the purpose presently to he described.

One end of the plate 12 is formed with an extension 15 which is folded along thc dotted line shown to extend downwardly from the plateI to constitute a guide flange to overlap a. side of the ticket roll, and said flange is provided with a centrally disposed spur 20. The. plate 16 is shorter than the plate 12 and is adapted to be folded along the ,dotted line, shown in Figure 5, so to provide a guide flange 17 to overlap one side of the ticket roll, in the same mannerA as the flange 15. Said flange 17 is formed with a centrally disposed spur 20. The plate 16 is adapted to slide back and forth under the plate 12 in the guide ways formed by the inwardly turned portions 13 and 14, and is provided with an upwardly projecting tongue 18 which is slidable in a slot 19 formed in the plate 12. Said tongue 18 serves as a stop for limiting the sliding adjustment of the clip. rlhe said spurs 20', 20 are adapted to be bent inwardly from the free margins of the flanges 15 and 1T when the plates are assembled one over the other in the manner shown in Figure 3 so as to penetrate spaces between the strip turns and thus serve as means to hold the clip on the periphery of the roll.

ln the use of the assembled clip, it is fitted snugly down over the roll at the point where the loose ticket strip end 11 issues from the roll. The clip is thus applied to the roll at a time when the clip members are adjusted with their spurs 20', 20 spread a distance apart, greater than the width of the ticket strip, permitted by the tongue and slot connection described. The clip is then clamped infplace over the `last ticket of the strip, representing the next ticket to be dispensed by pressing the tlanged ends of the clip between the thumb and first :tinger until the spurs 20 penetrate the sides of the roll, as shown in Figure 3. rlhe clip will thus be held securely in place and the ticket strip will be prevented from unrolling. The tongue and slot connection adapt the clip to ticket strips of different widths and theitongue 18, which is struck up trom the plate 16, can be engaged by the finger to spread said plates to detach the clip 'from the roll` From the Jforegoing it is believed that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily understood and, therefore', further detailed description is deemed unnecessary.

I claim as my invention:

l. The combination of two thin, generally rectangular, sheet metal plates lying one over the other and ot like dimensions in their superposed parts, both said plates having relatively deep, inwardly turned holding flanges, equipped with spurs which are bent inwardly 'from-said flanges towards each other, one of said pla-tes being formed at its margins with guide danges Ytor engagement with the margins of the other plate.

2. The combination of two thin, generally rectangular, sheet metal plates lying one over the other and ot like dimensions in their superposed parts, both said plates having relatively deep, inwardly turned holding flanges, equipped with spurs which are bent inwardly fromisaid `flanges towards each other, one of said plates beingformed at its margins with guide flanges :tor engagen'ient with the margins of the other plate, and one of said plates being slotted to receive a lug struck up from the other plate.

3. A ticket roll clip termed ot' thin sheet metal and comprising a slotted plate and a tongue bearing plate, respectively, arranged in siiiperimposed relation and of substantiallyequal lengths transversely of a ticket strip width, with the tongue of one plate engaging the slot or the other plate for limiting the reciprocal adjustment of said plates, each of said plates'having inturned spurs to pierce the sides of the ticket roll. to hold the clip secure thereon.

elf. A ticket roll clip comprising al retaining member embodying slidable7 superposed, sheet metal sections adapted to straddle over the loose end of a ticket strip, each of a length substantially the width of a` ticket strip, one of said sections having a slot and the other section having a tongueislidable in said slot and servingto limit the relative adjustments ot the two sectio11s, depending Vflanges on the tree margins of said sections for engaging the sides of a ticketroll, and clip securing means integral with said ilanges and penetrating the .sides of the roll when the sections are adjusted inwardly to embrace the roll.

In testimony whereotl a'liixmy signature.

JAMES M. MONTGOMERY. 

